Friday, April 27, 2012

Left To Lie

Prophetess by Alphose Muche

I threw for you the most splendid sunrise,
but didn't wake you when the morning came.
I arranged for you a dance of fireflies,
then lied, kept you inside, said there was rain.
And so, my gifts, my gifts, are left to lie.

I spread out a blanket on the hillside,
then didn't tell you how to meet me there.
Now, I sit alone here by the fireside
pretending I don't have an empty chair.
My gifts, all my gifts, are left to lie.

I'm torn, Kelli, as I read and re-read this one. On the one hand, your craft just keeps getting better. Something like this, it's just really, really good. But it's so heartbreakingly sad that the speaker, who has the ability and the magic to throw a sunrise or create a firefly dance, is still alone, and alone through her own action or omission. There's something of wilted roses in this, something so beautiful that's been allowed to pass by.

And as a prophetess, she would have known all this before, but did nothing to amend it. I read it as a test of love: if his love was strong and true, he would not need to have been woken to it, nor would he need directions where to find her. Sometimes, it seems women end up doing all the work in a relationship, and still end up with the empty chair.

Having said all this in interpretation, I am nonetheless left with the question: Where did MZ find these beautiful ideas, and the words to match, the perfect rhymes? In which ethereal zone does her muse reside, because mine needs a kick in the butt to send her there.

This is so good. The heartbreak in this left me with quite different impressions than those before me but the power of your words leaves me breathless!

I see her, the prophetess, having done these things before and being told, "Let me sleep" or "I'm busy" and she learned, the hard way, that the most magical of gifts can be ignored, even by those you love, and sometimes that empty chair is as good a company as the one you long to fill it.

i would interprete this as someone who tries to re-vive a relationship and always has the best things in mind but then...when it's time to really do it...she realizes, she just can't... and heck...yes it is sad..and it is real life..i like it much